Micah 6:8 – Steps to Support DACA

News sources are reporting that President Trump is considering terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This move would turn our nation’s back on immigrant youth who are valued members of our communities. Terminating DACA would place the nearly 800,000 DREAMers whom the program allows to work and live legally in the United States at immediate risk of deportation. We need to call on our elected leaders TODAY to keep the DACA program intact.
More information at http://defenddaca.com/

1) SOLIDARITY ACTIONS: SEPTEMBER 1st – 5th DACA RECIPIENTS HUNGER FAST IN TEXAS
On Friday, September 1st (the day SB4 is scheduled to go into effect) United We Dream and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement are organizing an event in Austin, Texas. An estimated 50 DACA recipients will begin a hunger fast that will last until September 5th, the deadline the Texas Attorney General and others have imposed on Trump to cancel DACA or face a lawsuit.

2) CALL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW: (202) 224-3121**Please call this line 3 times to be connected with your 1 Representative and 2 Senators
Sample Script: I’m your constituent from [City, State]. I support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and strongly oppose any attempt to terminate it. DACA has provided nearly 800,000 young people the opportunity to pursue their dreams. I urge you to do everything in your power to protect DACA and stand in solidarity with immigrant youth.”

Faith communities across traditions have repeatedly demonstrated an unwavering commitment to immigrant youth and their families, advocating for the DREAM Act, writing letters and filing Amicus briefs in support of the DACA program, and calling on all elected leaders to champion policies that would create a path to citizenship for undocumented individuals in the United States. Faith leaders: Sign on to this letter by Friday, September 1 to support TPS.